On Friday, we recapped on German greetings and the alphabet. We played a variety of games to practise the pronunciation of each letter and to help us remember the sound. Please use the links below to practise at home.
Babel Nation – Alphabet
Watch the video below to hear you singing the German alphabet to the tune of Frere Jacques, as a round. I was very impressed so see if you can sing it to someone at home to impress them too. Well done! Miss McDowall
A huge well done to those of you who completed your Illuminator and Mind Map jobs for Book Detectives. Some of you will be handing it on Monday which I look forward to reading. These help to make your BD sessions every second Friday a quality discussion. It shows me you have thought about and understood what you have read.
As with lots of the tasks in P7, we expect a lot more of you and I am pleased to say I am very happy with the majority of the work handed in. Some of you have a few things to work on so please read and follow your next steps I have written in your jotter.
Please see the examples below of good quality P7 Book Detective jobs. These might help to guide and motivate you to up-level your own work.
Is it your work that is being used as a good example? If so, let someone at home know!
Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Well done to you all for working so hard last week – what a busy week that was! Keep reading for a note of this week’s homework and reminders.
Spelling: Please complete either unit 11 or unit 18 in your spelling jotter. You should copy out each word three times and complete a Creative Spelling activity using ALL of your words. Please remember to complete any corrections from previous units.
This task should be returned to school for Friday.
Books Detectives: Please read chapters 12-14 (inclusive) of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once you have completed your reading you should summarise what you have read. Next, choose your favourite part to draw. Once again you will be explaining your illustration to your group members so try to make it as detailed as possible. Please remember to choose a short paragraph from a section that you particularly enjoyed as you will be reading this aloud to your group during our next session.
This task should be completed in your Book Detectives jotter for Thursday 8th September. Please ensure you read your feedback from last week to help with your next steps.
Maths: I have set up 3 challenges on Mangahigh for you to complete. Please play each of the games and try to achieve the highest medal you can. If you are unable to access Mangahigh at home, you may use the IT Suite for 15 minutes at the start of lunchtime or I can give you worksheets to complete instead. This task is due for Friday.
Topic: On Monday you will be issued with your Personal Project task sheet. This is a long-term project linked to our Scottish Wars of Independence topic that you will work on at home. You will have 4 weeks to complete your project. We will go over the details on Monday in class.
The task sheet will also be posted on the blog.
Here is our Quote of the Week. Let me know what you think.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. See you on Monday.
Mrs O’Neill
Our dodgeball sessions in P.E. are well under way and I have to say how much I am enjoying watching our teams play against one another.
After great discussion, each team chose a name: The Dodgems and The Wrecking Balls. Before we begin each week we have a team tactics talk where the children consider how they played the week before. They discuss changes that could be made to they way they play as a team and how to use these changes during their next games.
Here are a few action shots from yesterday’s games.
We have had another week where we have Enjoyed Reading In Class. As a school we are promoting the importance of reading and every day we will have a short time in class where we will just read and discuss the books we are reading.
Our beanbag rota is working very well and our pillows and blankets are being used very creatively. Remember you are more than welcome to bring in your own pillow and/or blanket to use during these sessions. Our classroom cupboard is filling up very quickly with a selection which have already been brought from home.
Here are a few photographs from some of our sessions this week.
After marking your first P7 Spelling Homework, there are a few points I’d like to clarify. In general, they were a good standard with neat handwriting, well laid out and the sections completed correctly. So well done. However, there were a few common mistakes I’d like to correct:
Remember to complete each task to the best of your ability. Please let me know if you are struggling with any task or need advice, as soon as possible.
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Maths
Topic
Other
Dear parents/carers,
We have been informed that the original letter sent out on 23rd August had the wrong place marked. To clarify the venue, Primary 7 will visit the Kingswood, Dukeshouse Wood Centre at Fellside, Hexham, Northumberland.
My sincere apologies for any confusion.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Davidson
We have had a really busy week and can’t believe it is nearly the weekend again. Today we planted our pumpkins outside with our buddies. We will be keeping a close eye on them and watching them grow.
We introduced our new topic this week. We are learning all about “Elmer” and have lots of exciting things coming up! If anyone has Elmer books they would like to bring in to share, they are more than welcome-please put your name inside.
A couple of reminders-please cover homework diaries and sign each night.
Any letters or forms which have still to be returned should be sent back into school as soon as possible.
Thank you to everyone who came to the information evening. It was lovely to meet you all.
Mrs Hunter
What a busy day we had! What wonderful work you all produced! I was very impressed today with the effort shown.
This week in maths we have been learning about block graphs and bar graphs. You have been gathering information and then displaying this in different types of graphs.
This morning we conducted a survey in class which you recorded in a tally table. You then used this information to draw a bar graph that included ALL of the relevant features: titles, labels and an accurate scale.
Here are your completed bars graphs. What wonderful work from EVERYONE! A huge WELL DONE! See if you can spot your bar graph and show it to someone at home.
Good evening,
Here is your Book Detective homework for next week.
Read chapters 11-14 (inclusive) of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You should then complete your Summariser segment by writing a short summary of what happened in these chapters in your jotter. For the Illustrator segment please choose your favourite part from the chapters you have read, draw and colour one detailed picture and be ready to explain to your group members what your picture is about. Choose a small section to read aloud to your group and be prepared to explain your reasons for choosing this part.
This task should be completed by Wednesday 7th Sept. Please ensure you complete this task otherwise you will have no information to share with your group and will be unable to participate in our class lesson.
Enjoy your evening.
Mrs Hughes
Please remember that your Book Detectives homework is issued on a Thursday for the following Thursday. All details should be written in your diary however I will also, for the next few weeks, include a reminder on our blog each Thursday.
This week you should read chapters 12-14 (inclusive) at home. Once you have completed your reading you should summarise what you have read. Next, choose your favourite part to draw. Once again you will be explaining your illustration to your group members so try to make it as detailed as possible. Please remember to choose a short paragraph from a section that you particularly enjoyed as you will be reading this aloud to your group during our next session.
This task should be completed for Thursday 8th September.
Mrs O’Neill
Learning Outcome I can create an accurate timeline, in chronological order, to show the main events in the Scottish Wars of Independence.
I can interpret historical evidence from a range of periods to help to build a picture of Scotland’s heritage and my sense of belonging. SOC 2-02a
This week we were looking at the timescale of the Scottish Wars of Independence in more detail. After organising our timeline cards into chronological order, we had to create our own clan timeline which clearly displayed the important events, before, during, and after the Wars.
Once again we were looking at different skills during the task.
Skills for Learning Analysis: I can select and organise specific information to show my understanding of a historical event.
Skill for Work Organisation: I can organise myself to ensure I remain on task. I can work independently, and collaboratively, with my clan members where needed.
I was very impressed at how well the majority of you worked on this task. The end products (your timelines) are looking wonderful on your wall spaces. Well done!
Have a look at everyone hard at work. Don’t you all look very busy!
Here are some photographs of your completed timelines. Show your clan timeline to someone at home.
CLAN MACDONALD
CLAN CAMPBELL
CLAN BRUCE
CLAN MACKINNON
CLAN DRUMMOND
CLAN ERSKINE
Alien Angles
Shape
Square Numbers and Square Roots
Mental Maths Strategies
When answering maths questions, especially worded problems, it is important to know how to work through it. Below are some hints and tips on how to tackle maths questions and worded problems.
Problem Solving Strategies
*Remember that not all of these are suitable for every maths question. Choose the best strategy for the problem you are working on.
Mental Maths Strategies
*We will be practising these strategies in class throughout the year. Use the strategies that feel best to you because not every one will ‘feel’ natural for you.
Use the maths links on the Blog and the maths online dictionary to remind yourself of some of the concepts you might not remember.
Mathematical Vocabulary – Word Problem Words
Increased by: The class had 15 pupils and was increased by 10 children. How many children are there in the class now?
more: Julie has 21 Beanie Babies in her collection – her sister Emma has 10 more. How many does Emma have?
combined/put together: Jake and Joel combined their pocket money of £5.50 each to buy the new Xbox game. How much money did they have together?
total (smaller numbers): There were 8 Roses, 12 Carnations, and 2 Daisies. How many flowers did they have in total?
sum: Alexis earned £10 washing cars and Sarah earned £15. What was the sum of their earnings?
added to: Ellie saved £3.50 last week. Added to savings of £2 this week, how much does she now have?
altogether: Jake has 13 sweets and Jarratt has 22! How many sweets do they have altogether?
in all: Auntie Anne gives Jade 12 carrots from her allotment and her mum brings back a bag of 8 from Asda. How many carrots does she have in all?
additional: Ben has 105 Harry Potter collector cards. If he had ten additional baseball cards, how many would he have in all?
decreased by: The population of 1000 whales decreased by 400 in the last year. How many are left?
minus: She had £10, minus the amount she spent on the £3 drink. How much did she have in all?
drops/dropped: The temperature was 4° and just dropped by another 3°! What is the temperature now?
difference between /difference of: Gemma’s mum gives her £3.50 pocket money for hovering and polishing through the house. James gets £5 for doing the same thing. What is the difference between their pocket money?
More than: Jacob has 16 marbles – that’s 12 more than William. How many marbles does William have?
Less than: Sarah has 20 sweets and her sister Suzie has 5 less than her. How many sweets does Suzie have?
Fewer: Jenny baked six fewer cookies than Elizabeth, who made 12. How many cookies does Jenny have?
How many more?: Kate has 20 Daises and Emily has 31. How many more Daises does Emily have than Kate?
How much more?: Billy has spent the last year saving £150 – he desperately wants a laptop that costs £300. How much more does he need to buy it?
Left: Mrs. Bee bakes 30 beautiful chocolate-chip muffins for the adults in school. 18 people grab one at break. How many are left?
remain/remains: There are 15 people on the bus and 3 people get off. How many people remain on the bus?
Words ending in “er” (higher, longer, faster, heavier, larger, shorter, slower, further, etc.): Jack can run 100m in 25 seconds but Andrew can do it in 14! How much faster is Andrew’s 100m race than Jack’s?
Take away: Jamie has 12 biscuits. If his mum takes away 10, how many does he have?
TWICE: Elijah Wood, the actor in ‘lord of the Rings,’ played a hobbit that was 120cm tall but in real life the actor is twice as tall! How tall is he really?
TIMES: Caroline’s school bag weighs 2g but her brother, Ollie, likes to take lots of books to school – his bag weighs 5 times as much! What does his weigh?
multiplied by: There used to be 100 children in school. The number of pupils has multiplied by three in the last few years! How many children are there now?
product of: What is the product of five and four?
in all: At the cinema (screen 8) there were 10 rows of seats and 20 chairs in each row. How many seats were there in all?
total: In the garden there are five rows with five plants in each row. How many plants are there total?
each: Each pair of socks cost £1.00. How much will six pairs cost?
doubled, tripled, quadrupled etc.: There were 3,000 rabbits in the UK. The population (total number of rabbits) tripled in two years. How many are there now?
equal / equally: I bought a dozen (12) eggs from the market this morning and split them equally between two boxes. How many eggs went in each box?
separate: Hannah and I make 50 friendship bracelets – we decide to separate them evenly and sell them. How many bracelets do we each have?
share: Bailey brings in 60 sweets for his birthday and decides to share them out in class. There are 20 children in his class – how many sweets do they each receive?
split: On a class trip, there is a class of 24 children and they are split into 6 groups. How many children are in each group?
group/groups: At swimming, the class of 32 children is split evenly into two groups. How many pupils are in each group?
fractions (half, quarter, fifth, sixth, tenth etc.): Kieran has £20. He spends half of this money on cat food – how much does he have left for other things?
For Parents who missed the information evening.
Every Friday afternoon we will have what we call Read and Munch. Your child can bring in a healthy snack and a favourite book from home or take one from the class library and read it. The children have an opportunity to socialise and share their stories.
We were very lucky to have a visit from Mr Laird from Saturday Music Centre at Paisley Grammar. He played various instruments including the saxophone, flute, clarinet, tuba and baritone. We had to guess whether they were going to make a high or low sound and then what tune he played.
There is a ‘Come and Try’ Day on Saturday 10th September, where P7 pupils can hear and then try out a number of musical instruments. If they show an aptitude for a particular instrument, they may then be offered a course of lessons funded by the Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative scheme. The lessons are free of charge for the first year of tuition. Letters available on request.
Have a look at Mr Laird playing the instruments.
Welcome to P3H blog. Now that Miss Hunter has this up and running more posts will appear shortly.
The children have Big Talk homework tonight. The topic is ‘My First Super Hero Adventure’. Please talk to the children about their story. Who will be in it? Where will it take place? What has happened? If the children can say their story it will make it easier for them to write it.
Thank you Miss Hunter
Learning Outcome: I can show understanding of the beliefs and practices of Buddhism and explore the similarities and differences between these and my developing beliefs. RME 2-04c
Skill for Learning: Synthesis – I can research about a belief or practice of Buddhism and explain it to my peers.
Social Skill: Disagreeing without criticising people – I can show/explain my feelings about someone’s idea/opinion without offending them.
Background
Buddhists believe that the Buddha saw the truth of what the world is like, and they follow his teachings. They have many beliefs and practices they follow in order to live their lives in a Buddhist way.
Task
In your group, you are going to research the key Buddhist beliefs, how they worship and live their lives. You will be researching one of the following beliefs or practices:
You will learn as much as you can about your given subject and present your findings to the rest of the class in an imaginative way. Remember that they do not know anything about your topic, so your presentation should be informative as well as entertaining.
Presentation Criteria
Your presentation should:
Please use the weblinks and video below to find out as much as you can about your given subject.
Please watch the relevant video below:
Triple Gem (no need for sound)
Four Noble Truths (headphones needed)
The Eightfold Path (headphones needed)
The Five Precepts (use headphones if there are any spare)
Buddhist Worship (headphones are needed)
Today we had our second badminton session and once again, great fun was had be all.
First we warmed up with a light jog and a few games of name tig (everyone’s favourite by all accounts). Next we worked on our control by bouncing the shuttlecock as many time as we could off the racket without dropping it. We had a 12 and an impressive 17!
We broke into two teams to see how many points each team could gain by trying to aim the shuttlecock directly into a hoop. A little more practice is needed on this one next week.
Finally we ended by practicing our forehand and backhand shots across the gym hall to our partners. We had some fantastic volleying going on. I think it may be time to get the nets out. Well done Primary 5!
Here are a few photographs from this afternoon’s session.
Today we completed another task for our Scottish Wars of Independence topic. This one involved visiting the IT suite to brush up on our knowledge of the places linked to the Wars.
As a clan you were to locate as many (or all, as one clan managed) of the countries, cities and towns important within the Scottish Wars of Independence. Please impress someone at home and tell them some of the places you found today.
Here is everyone hard at work on the first part of our task: finding the locations.
Using this information each clan were then to complete a blank map of the United Kingdom for their wall space in class. I was very impressed at just how well you worked together to get this task completed. Well done! Here you all are adding your information to your clan map.
Here are your completed maps.
CLAN MACDONALD
CLAN ERSKINE
CLAN MACKINNON
CLAN BRUCE
CLAN DRUMMOND
CLAN CAMPBELL
This week we will be using our skills in mapping to locate the countries, cities and towns visited (or attacked) during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Our learning outcome for this task is: I can successfully use a map to locate specific places and show these on a blank map.
To extend my mental map and sense of place, I can interpret information from different types of maps and am beginning to locate key features within Scotland, UK, Europe or the wider world.SOC 2-14a
The skills we are focusing on today are:
Skills for Learning:Application: I can select specific information from a map and display this correctly on a blank map, showing my understanding of a historical event.
Skill for Work: Self-direction: I can remain on task and work collaboratively with my clan members to complete a task in an allocated time.
Using the links below, and a class atlas, you should locate the important places associated with the Wars of Independence. Please read your task sheet carefully, and work closely with your clan members, to decide on the places you should include in your map.
You have ONE HOUR in the IT Suite to complete your research. You will also have ONE HOUR in class to complete the second part of the task. Please use your time wisely.
Mrs O’Neill and Mrs Hughes
Our first art lesson has been completed and is on the wall for everyone to see.
Using pastels we drew a portrait of one another. We had to look closely at our model’s face to ensure we used the correct proportions when drawing their facial features. How did we do?
When choosing colours to use in our portraits, we looked at the colour wheel. We chose complementary colours which tend to be directly across from one another on the wheel.
Here are the completed portraits. Look closely, can you see any resemblances?
Week beginning 29th August
Match Floppy , Mum and Dad with their names. Practise the others as well if your child is still unsure.
Sounds s and a : action /sound/song. If your child is able to do this then try I Spy with these sounds, or see if your child can recognise them in their story books.
No formal maths homework to be handed in. However, you do have a sheet with suggestions of activities you can try out with your child. One a week. Although we are counting to 10, we have only covered written number formation for 1,2,3,4.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON – Read and Munch. Bring in a healthy snack and a favourite book to read and discuss with a friend.
Please could children bring in a family photograph this week to add to a poster they are making for our All About Me topic? It will be returned!
Thank you!
Homework this week is to match up another 3 characters from our reading scheme-Mum, Dad and Floppy. Your child will also be sent home sounds s and a. There is a list of maths activities for you to try with your child. Have a go at a different one each week!
Read and munch is on a Thursday. Bring a book and healthy snack in on this day.
